Wheel-press



(No Model.') 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

- H. D. GORDON.

WHEEL PRESS.

No. 504,031. Patented Aug. 29, 1893.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. H. D. GORDON. WHEEL PRESS.

N0. 504,031. Patented Aug. 29; 1893.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

HENRY D. GORDON, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WHEEL-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,031, dated August29,1893.

Application filed August 25, 1892. Serial No. 444,127. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY D. GORDON, of Altoona, county of Blair, Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Wheel-Press, ofwhich the following is a true and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to wheel presses such as are used for forming carand engine wheels onto and 0d of axles.

In another application filed by me July 20, 1892, Serial No. 440,596, Ihave described and shown a wheel press so constructed and provided withmechanism that the press can be bodily raised or lowered with respect tothe floor line for the purpose of adapting it for use with wheels ofdifferent diameters.

My present invention has the same object in view and consists of aspecial mechanical appliance for adjusting the press, the nature ofwhich will be best understood as described in connection with thedrawings in which it is illustrated, and in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a wheel press provided with adjusting devices constructedin accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation on anenlarged scale showing the devices for acting on the standards to raiseand lower them, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 00-50 of Fig.1 shownon a still larger scale than Fig. 2.

A is a pit or hole in which the press is supported, 0 being the floorline and B B holes for the screw-supports;

D D are castings having formed or'attached to them guides E and threadedblocks F situated over the holes B. In the threaded blocks F aresupported screws Gwhich extend down into holes B and up above blocksFand which are raised or lowered by turning them.

M and M are the standards of the wheel press and together with partssupported upon them they constitute the operative parts of the press.Each of these standards is sup ported directly upon a correspondingscrew G and is guided by guides E so as to preserve proper alignmentwhile moving up and down. As shown, each standard is securely bolted toa sliding block J, the edges J of which move in guides E and which havea the standard. The head I of each screw G- is fitted to form an antifriction joint-or, as shown, a ball joint with the part above it, which,in the case illustrated, consists of a bearing plate K bolted to blockJand between which and the screw head I are the anti-friction balls L.The standards M M are secured together by means of beams P P, the beam Pbeing secured in slots M at the top of each standard and the beam Ppassing through and secured to perforations M in the downwardlyextending projections M of the standards. The movable standard E restsupon beam P by means of truck wheels Q and is guidedat' top by beam P.

M and Q are recesses for the passage of the axle end and p p, 850., areholes in beams P P for the insertion of stops which hold the standard Qin position. Hooks R R for supporting the axle are secured on the end ofa bar R which screws on the end of a screw R a jam nut B being providedto hold it in place and the screw depending from a car R, the wheels Rof which run on beam P.

On standard M is supported the ram cylinder N,'N being the ram head andN an arm from which a chain N runs over a pulley N and is attached to acounterweight N which draws the ram head back. 7

O is the ram pump, 0 its pistons which are driven by rods 0 connectingwith a disk 0 on a driving shaft 0 on which are secured fast and loosepulleys O 0 the shaft being supported in a bracket N on standard M.

O O are the pipes leading from the pump to the reservoir 0 and ramcylinder.

' All the attachments to the standards above noted are of usualconstruction and it is obvious that the standards and parts carriedthereby will be raised or lowered by the simultaneous turning of thesupporting screws in one direction or the other. Preferably I actuatethe screws by means of the following devices: I secure to each screw aworm-wheel H and to each standard, or rather each sliding block attachedto the standard, I secure brackets S in which is journaled a shaft Shaving attached to it two worms S engaged with each of wheels H and amiter-wheel S secured to the end of the shaft connected with standardill. In brackets m and S on standard M I secure a shaft T having amiterwheel T at its bottom engaged with gear S and a miter-wheel T atits top which is engaged with oppositely faced miter-wheels U Ujournaled on shaft 0 Between the gear wheels U U is a clutch V which iskeyed to the shaft 0 and which can be engaged with either of the gears Uor U so as to drive shaft T and through it and its connections thescrews Gin either direction. The clutch V is connected with. a lever Vpivoted at V and normally rests between the gears N and U so as not toengage either.

The operation of the device is as follows: An aXleis hung in the hooks Rand properly adjusted in front of the ram plunger N by means of thethreaded bolt R and nut R; a car wheel is then rolled into position onthe floor C so that its center will be in the same vertical plane as theaxle and ram plunger L. By now raising or lowering the standards M M andthe ram N and the axle, all carried by said standards by means of thegear train T S H and screw G, the axle and the ram N may be broughtdirectly in line with the hole in the hub of the wheel into which it isde signed to force it. The ram N is now put in operation and the axlepressed into the hole in the wheel hub in the usual manner, the wheelbeing held from lateral displacement by the adjustable standard J. Thissort of wheel press and its mode of operation is well known, beingillustrated in Kfm'ghts Illecham'cal Dictionary (page 27 67, edition of1884) and it is not deemed necessary to show the wheel or axle inposition in the press.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of standards M M supporting the operative parts of awheel press, guides arranged to hold said standards in alignment whilepermitting them to move vertically, threaded blocks secured beneath eachstandard, screws working in said blocks and arranged to support thestandards, and screw actuating mechanism arranged to actuate the screwssimultaneously and in the same direction so as to lower and raise thepress.

2. The combination of standards M M supporting the operative parts of awheel press, guides arranged to hold said standards in align m ent'whilepermitting them to move vertically; threaded blocks secured beneath eachstandard, screws working in said blocks and arranged to support thestandards, anti-friction balls placed between the standards and therotating heads of the screws, and screwactuating mechanism arranged toactuate the screws simultaneously and in the same direc tion so as toraise and lower the press.

3. The combination of standards M M supporting the operative parts of awheel press, guides arranged to hold said standards in alignment whilepermitting them to move vertically, threaded blocks secured beneath eachstandard, screws working in said blocks and arranged to support thestandards, worm wheels secured to each screw, a shaft S secured inbearings attached to each standard, worms secured to said shaft and inengagement with the worm wheels on the screws, and means for actuatingsaid shaft to raise and lower the standards.

4:. The combination of standards M M supporting the operative parts of aWheel press, guides arranged to hold said standards in alignment whilepermitting them to move vertically, threaded blocks secured beneath eachstandard, screws working in said blocks and arranged to support thestandards, worm wheels secured to each screw, a shaft S secured inbearings attached to each standard, worms secured to said shaft and inengage ment with the worm wheels on the screws, a shaft T journaled insupports upon the camcarrying standard M, gearing connecting shafts Sand T, a driving shaft 0 on the standard M, a miter wheel T secured toshaft T, miter-wheels U U journaled on shaft 0 and in engagement withgear T and a clutch V arranged to connect either of gearsUor U withshaft 0 substantially as and for the purpose specified.

H. 1). GORDON.

Witnesses:

II. A. ANDERSON, W. W. BROWN.

